This from today’s NY Daily News:

Marty “Schottenheimer told Mangini that, as a linebacker, he once missed an easy sack on Joe Namath and let it affect him for the rest of the game, hurting his team. Moral of the story: Don’t let one bad play ruin any others.”

Marty Schottenheimer played linebacker? I just assumed that he appeared on earth as a fully-formed old coach with a bewildered look on his face.